Nurit Peled Elhanan draws attention to human rights violations in Palestine04-07-2014: 2001 Laureate, Nurit Peled Elhanan has drawn the European Parliament’s attention to the background of the killing of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers. She has denounced Israeli forces “for 12 hours trying to force the father of Mohammed Abu Khdair to issue a statement it was a family killing on account of his son being gay”. It is widely believed that Khdair was murdered in a revenge attack after the discovery of the bodies of three murdered Israeli teenagers Naftali Frenkel , Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach. Ms Peled has also called attention to the case of Uriel Ferrera, 18, who is serving a third prison term “for refusing to be drafted to the Israeli Occupation Army. Since he is a very orthodox Jew, he is being harassed and mocked in prison for his faith, and receives immeasurable punishments”. Ms Peled stated “I believe this case of Zionist anti-Semitism should concern people who care for human rights “. Links: http://bit.ly/1mpxW51

Image of the girl Sanabel Mohammed Fahmy al-Tus (9 years) run over by a car from a settlement near Bethlehem before the commandos fled. Children are precious.

When we were in Gaza my partner, a jazz musician, gave his trumpet and a few lessons to a young boy who was fascinated by our music. We bunked with two sisters and their elderly father, their cousins and aunts. Some of them slept on the floor so we might have beds. Are they on this list? Or unmet others, as generous and kind as they? We still marvel at the deep love shared between father and son as the child delighted in the gift of a musical instrument from America. -AW